Bennuiimt ItUrai^
DIVERSIFIED FARMS
FAY — OPPORTUNITIES
ARE HERE.
vol
xxm
— NUMBER 19
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1929
NEW CITY COUNCIL
TAKES OVER REINS
LOCALS DEFEAT UMATILLA
IN PRACTICE TILT SATURDAY
Slow Playing Marks Game Marred by
Mach Fouling; Locals Hold
MAYOR McNAUGHT PRESIDES AT
'
MEETING TUESDAY
Two Point Lead.
H erm isto n defeated th e
U m atilla
h ere
S atu rd ay ev en in g in a p ractice gam e.
T he second team played th e firs t
h a lf b u t was u n ab le to g ain th e lead,
th e firs t h a lf e n d in g 11 to 6 in favor
of th e R ailro ad ers. T he firs t s trin g
w en t in a t th e b eg in n in g of th e sec­
ond h a lf b u t did n o t display any
speed. H erm isto n m anaged to g ain
a tw o p o in t lead b u t o th erw ise th e
gam e w as slow an d listless.
The
gam e ended w ith H erm isto n ah ead
only tw o points, 18 to_20. T he p la y ­
in g w as m arred by m uch fou lin g .
T h is week e n j th e locals m ix w ith
E cho F rid ay ev en in g in a double
h ead er and w ith S ta n field S atu rd ay
in a double header.
J. M. Biggs Elected to Position of h ig h school b ask etb all team
Recorder Left Vacant by
Resignation.
A new council an d m ayor, chosen
by th e v o ters a t th e N ovem ber e le c t­
ion, took over th e rein s of c ity gov­
ern m e n t T uesday evening, J a n u a ry 8.
C. S. M cN aught, new m ayor, presided
a t th e m eeting. A ll new councilm en
w ere p resen t In clu d in g F . C. M cK en­
zie, H. E. H itt, H. A. P an k o w , M. W.
Sim s. B. S. K ingsley a n a J. M. Biggs.
T he re sig n a tio n of C. W. K ellogg
from th e office of city reco rd er was
accepted an d a n electio n h eld for
th e purpose of choosing a m em ber to
fill th a t office. J.e M . B iggs w as
given a m a jo rity of th e votes In th is
b allo tin g . A m eetin g w ill be held
n ext W ednesday evening, J a n u a r y 16,
to elect a new c ity councilm an to fill
th e unexpire<j term of Mr. Biggs.
F. C. M qKenzie w as
appo in ted
p resid en t of th e council, an d th e fol­
lo w in g o fficials w ere re-ap p o in ted
GIRLS SUCCEED IN DEFEATING
fo r th e en su in g term of tw o years:
H . W. K elley, w a te r su p e rin te n d e n t;
OPPONENTS
W . J. W arn er, city a tto rn e y ; Dr. J.
L. Sears, city h e a lth officer.
W. L. H am m w as elected to th e Score for Boys Stands 23 to 15 When
position of city tre a s u re r.
He suc­
F i l i a l Whistle Blows; Locals
ceeds G eorgia H enderson in th is of­
fice.
Fail to Get Going.
T he ap p o in tm en t of B. J. N atio n
for th e position of n ig h t w atch m an
H e succceeds E. P.
w as accepted.
The Adam s h ig h school b ask etb all
has
h eld
th is
Illsley
w ho
position fo r th e p ast fo u r years. D u r­ team defeated th e H erm isto n team
in g th a t tim e Mr. Illsley has been on la st F rid a y in th e A dam s gym , 23 to
th e job every n ig h t except w hen he 15. ..T he gam e s ta rte d o u t w ith H e r­
m isto n sco rin g in th e firs t few sec
w as aw ay on h is y early v acatio n .
R eg u lar m eetings of th e council o n as a n d it began to look like th e
w ill be held h e re a fte r on th e firs t and team s w ere evenly m atched. B ut H e r­
th ird W ednesdays of every m o n th in m isto n 's sp u rt w as sh o rtliv ed and
th e council cham ber of th e lib ra ry . A dam s soon took th e lead n ev er to
Dr. F. V. P rim e is th e re tirin g be th re a te n e d ag ain . The fact th a t
m ayor and A. W. P ra n n , R. A. B row n- th e locals have had only tw o w o rk ­
son and C. S. M cN aught, th e re tir o u ts since before th e C h ristm as vaca-
■ion w as q u ite ev id en t, for a f ts r the
in g council.
firs t q u a rte r H erm isto n show ed very
little speed an d b ask et sh o o tin g was
EASTERN STARS INSTALLS
very e rra tic .
N e ith e r F elth o u se n o r S m ith , w ho
OFFICERS TUESDAY NIGHT
u su ally a re H e rm isto n ’s b ig th re a ts,
g o t g o in g so th e looale had to re so rt
In s ta lla tio n of o fficers took place
to a defensive gam e d u rin g alm ost
a t th e re g u la r m eeting of Queen E s­ th e e n tire fray.
te r ch a p te r of th e E a ste rn S ta r lodge
T he A dam s five displayed some
T uesday evening, J a n u a ry 8.
nice w ork and should be a stro n g con­
T h re e of th e new ly elected o ffic­
te n d e r for co n ference h o n o rs
th is
ers w ere u n ab le to be p re se n t a t th e y ear.
m eetin g and w ill be Installed a t some
T he H erm isto n g irls saved th e ir
la te r date. T hese w ere M arg aret
school from b eing snow ed u n d er by
E. F raser, W. M.; E d n a S. B a ra g a r,
tu r n in g in a 12 to 9 v icto ry over th e
A. M .; and Cleo B. Revim e, R u th .
A dam s g irls. T h e locals played a fast
The rem ain in g officers w how ere in ­
gam e th ro u g h o u t a n d com pletely re ­
stalled a t th e m e etin g w ere W. A.
versed th e p red ictio n s of local fan s
L eath ers, W . P .; K a th ry n L. G arn er,
w ho w itnessed th e p ractice gam e w ith
se c re ta ry ; W in ifre d N o rto n , tr e a s ­
th e alu m n ae h e re in H erm isto n . T he
u re r ; R ena W ate rm an , c h a p la in ;
A dam s team had m any m ore chances
A nna M. B riggs, o rg a n is t; H a ttie
to score th a n th e locals b u t th ey w ere
H am m , m a rsh a l; E u p h em ia Jack so n ,
a b it e rra tic in th e ir b ask et sh ooting.
w a rd e r; M iles A. B a rag ar, c h a p la in ;
T he dead-eye sh o o tin g of S h irlie
Belle Shesely, A da; E lean o r B riggs,
B row nson k e p t H erm isto n ahead a t
R u th ; E d ith L ittle , M a rth a ; N ettie
a il tim es.
R u th Bensel a n d J a n e
Sloan, E lecta.
W a rn e r also played a fin e b ra n d of
b ask etb all and
th e team keeps on
THEATRE HAS WEEK­
im p ro v in g a s of la te th e H erm isto n
END SHOWS ONLY g irls should Win q u ite a few gam es
th is season.
ADAMS WINS FROM
LOCALS LAST WEEK
•
The local C olum bia th e a tr e h a s
changed its system of p ro g ram an d
now is open to th e public only on
S a tu rd a y an d S unday. T he sam e p ro­
g ram is given both days. F o rm erly a
ch an g e of p rogram w as offered In th e
m iddle of th e week on W ednesday
a n d T h u rsd ay evenings.
W. J. W a rn e r, p ro m in en t local a t - ! p ast y ear. T he vice-presidency was
to rn ey , w as elected p resid en t of t h e ! form erly occupied by E. P . Dodd and
H erm isto n C om m ercial club for t h e , th e office of se c re ta ry and tre a su re r
en su in g y ear a t th e re g u la r w eekly by th e p re s e n t incum bent.
lu n u ch eo n m eetin g T uesday, J a n u ­
T e n ta tiv e plans fo r th e w ork of the
a ry 8. A t th e sam e tim e F. C. Me* en su in g y ear w ere ta k e n up a t T ues­
K enzie w as chosen fo r th e v ice-p resi­ d ay ’s m eetin g and an e ffo rt w ill be
dency, a n d J. M. B iggs, re-elected m ade to in su re a hig h ly successfulu
se c re ta ry an d tr e a s u re r of th e asso­ y ear from th e sta n d p o in t of th e local
ciatio n .
Com m ercial club. F o r th e purpose of
Mr. W a rn e r succeeds Dr. J. L- o rg a n izatio n in s ta r tin g o u t th e new
S ears w ho h as occupied th e office of y ear a n u m b er of com m ittees w ere
p resid en t of th e o rg a n iz a tio n for th e ap pointed by th e new p resid en t.
HERMISTON OFFICER
APPREHENDS MAN
F aced w ith tw o se p a ra te ch arg es,
W . F. H orsely, e rs tw h ile p asser of
bad checks, is now in th e co unty ja il
in P en d leto n a fte r h a v in g been ap ­
preh en d ed by H erm isto n police o ffi­
cers la s t S a tu rd a y to an sw er a ch arg e
of p assin g bad checks in U m atilla and
se llin g a borrow ed c ar in P endleton.
H orsely, w hen ap p reh en d ed by H.
W. K elley, police officer, confessed
to b o rro w in g a lig h t coupe from Don
T hoom as of H erm isto n an d d riv in g it
to P e n d le to n w h ere he trad ed it in
on a new c a r a t th e S ta te r M otor
com pany. T he T hom as car did not
have O regon license p lates a n d for
t h a t reaso n a c e rtific a te of o w n er­
sh ip w as n o t req u ested . Upon his r e ­
tu r n to H erm isto n H orsely a t firs t
SUBSCRIPTION, >2.00 PER YEAR
LOCAL FARMER SHIPS SOIL
FOR EXPERIMENTAL USE
Corvallis Expert to Analyze Sample
Fails After Time.
A. D. S m ith, p ro m in en t U m atilla
p ro ject fa rm e r, recen tly shipped a
q u a rte r of a to n of soil to W. L. Pow ­
ers, ch ief in soils, a t C orvallis w here
it w ill be used for an aly sis and for
g reen house use. E x p erim en ts w ill
be m ade to tr y and d eterm in e why
a lfa lfa falls a fte r a num ber of years.
U n til th e exact cause of th is fa ilu re
is determ in ed , no rem edy can be. su g ­
gested for Im provem ents in th e s itu ­
atio n .
Mr. S m ith h as been c a rry in g on a
n u m b er of a g ric u ltu ra l ex p erim en ts
Indep en d en tly for th e p a st few years,
m ost of them h a v in g to do w ith th e
condition of th e soil u n d er various
circu m stan ces and tre a tm e n t.
R e­
c en tly a com prehensive a rtic le d eal­
ing w ith fe rtiliz e r te sts conducted by
Mr. S m ith on h is farm n e a r H erm is­
to n w as published in th e H erald.
NEW MACHINE ARRIVES FOR
Mrss. M ary E. H ughes for th e past
FARM BUREAU AUXILIARY
six teen y ears a re sid e n t of H erm is­
CO-OPERATIVE LAUNDRY
HAS MEETING LAST WEEK
VERNON WATERMAN MAKES
COMMUNICATION
GLEE CLUB AT WHITMAN
PRICE LIST NOT AVAILABLE YET
FOR PUBLICATION
MRS. MARY HUGHES
DIES SUDDENLY
A new m ach in e h as ju s t a rriv ed
A t n re g u la r business m e e tin g of
fo r th e use of th e F arm B u reau co­
o p erativ e lau n d ry , a n a by n ex t week th e F arm B u reau a u x ilia ry J a n u a ry
new tu b s w ill pro b ab ly have a rriv e d 4, the ladies took ad v a n ta g e of n a t-
to be in stalled . T h e la u n d ry w as re ­ iondl lau g h week by te llin g fu n n y
c en tly moved from th e cream ery to sto ries, a fte r w hich fa v o rite recipes
on th e p re p a ra tio n of m eat dishes
th e b u ild in g n e x t-d o o r.
A nyone w ho is in te re ste d in u sin g j " ere ex ch an S6d. M any useful house-
th e new m ach in e should n o tify Mrs. hold h in ts w ere suggested.
Mrs. K ik accepted th e c h a irm a n ­
B ax ter H u tch iso n , d e sig n a tin g th e
h o u r and day t h a t
th e y
p refer. sh ip of th e hom e econom ics division
E ach day is divided in to five periods and Mrs. H ooker th e p o u ltry division,
of tw o h o u rs each , s ta rtin g a t 8 :0 0 A fter tile business m eetin g Mrs. Kik
o ’clock in th e m o rn in g . Some fiftee n an d Mrs. G uiw its served.
The a u x ilia ry w ould be pleased to
o r six teen have alread y signed up, b u t
an e ffo rt w ill be m ade to accommo­ m eet all old a n d new m em bers a t the
n ex t laugh m eetin g to be held J a n u ­
d ate everyone a t co n v en ien t hours.
a ry 18.
NEXT TURKEY POOL
JANUARY 14-15
to Determine Why Alfalfa
said he had m ade a cash paym ent
on th e c ar an d had le ft T hom as’ car
in th e g arag e. Local officers, how ­
ever, gbt in touch w ith the S ta te r
com pany £ n d a scertain ed th e tru th .
H orssely th e n said he h a j s ta rte d to
P en dleton w ith a load of m oonshine
in th e T hom as c ar b u t h ad unloaded
it on the ro ad betw een E cho and DEATH CAME WEDNESDAY EVEN­
P en dleton. In v e stig atio n of th e car,
ING, JANUARY 9
revealed n o th in g b u t a n em pty flash
an d ab o u t a q u a rt of liquor.
T he new c a r w as recovered by the
S ta te r M otor Co. an d c h arg es a g ain st Was Hermiston Resident for Past
H orsely im m ediately p referred .
He
Sixteen Years; Active In
w as a t firs t tu rn e d over to U m atilla
officers b u t w as la te r rem oved to
Church Work.
P endleton.
To the E d ito r of H erm iston H erald :
V ernon W a te rm a n , sen io r a t W h it­
The ed ito ria l some few w eeks ago
m an college, has re c e n tly been chosen in your p aper w as m ost tim ely and of
a m em ber o f th e W h itm a n ail-college , fa r re ach in g resu lts. T h ere a re those
glee club w hich w ill m ake its a n n u a l | of us who a re n a tu ra lly slow In our
to u r of th e n o rth w e s t s ta te s some com prehension of th e sig n ifican ce of
tim e d u rin g th e sp rin g . Mr. W a te r­ th e safety necessarily forced upon us
m an w as chosen a s one of th e seven as citizens of a g re a t com m onw ealth.
ten o r* in th e club. T h e o rg a n izatio n
The stop sig n a ls ,as you sta te d ,
w hich is u n d e r th e d irectio n of H ow ­ w ere not placed for m ere o rn am en t
ard E. P r a tt, d irecto r of th e W h itm an upon o u r stre e ts. Y et a fte r p lacing
co n serv ato ry of m usic, is composed of o f these e m p h atic com ands of th e
some th ir ty m em bers, b o th m en an d law we failed to know , o r a t least,
women an d is selected on a b asis of failed to ap p re c ia te , th e p recau tio n s
co m p etitiv e try -o u ts h eld before th e guggest .'d by them , and the city coun­
C h ristm as holidays.
Mr. W a te r­ cil w as forced to place some peace
m an w ill also be a m em ber of th e o r­ officer in c h a rg e to see th a t we obey­
c h e stra w hich accom panies th e glee ed the law of o u r s ta te . T hen not
clu b on its to u r. T h e club h as a l­ u n til w e w ere inform ed of such action
read y s ta rte d re h e a rsa ls in p re p a ra ­ th ro u g h The H erald w ere we success­
tio n for th e com ing concerts.
Saw Double
fully a v a k e n e d to the e x te n t th a t we
Mr. W ate rm an Is th e son of Mrs. m ig h t escape th e p en a lty fo r law
Cop: "H ere, come o u t o’ th a t! How
did you g et in to th a t g u tte r a n y ­ R en a W a te rm a n of th is city and is a breaking.
g ra d u a te o f th e local h ig h school.
w ay?”
O. W. PA YN E.
Souse: "W ell, y ’ shee, o ssip h er, I
(h ie ) shaw tw o lam p p o sh ts (h ie )
L ak esid e— A p p ro x im ately
*3,756
R oseburg— New M edical A rts build
a n ' I guesh I leaned 'g a in s t w ro n g w ill be expended fo r b u ild in g u n d e r­ ing will be erected h ere In Im m ediate
one.” — C o n trib u ted .
g ro u n d cro ssin g h ere.
fu tu re.
THE FEATHERHEADS
i
COMMERCIAL CLUB
CHOOSES OFFICERS
BLUE GRASS
SUNSHINE
IDEAL FOR COWS
ton, died su ddenly a t h e r hom e W ed­
nesday evening, J a n u a r y 9. She had
Just re tu rn e d from a m e etin g of the
R ebekah lodge an d w as sta n d in g
ta lk in g w ith frie n d s w hen she fell
over, a p p a re n tly seized w ith a su d ­
den h e a rt a tta c k .
M ary E. H ughes w as
b o rn
in
W ales six ty -n in e y ears ago.
She
cam e to th is c o u n try a n d w as m ar­
ried to Jo h n L loyd H u g h es In Colo­
rado. T hey la te r moved to th is com-
m nuity. The d e a th of Mr. H ughes
occurred
about
th irte e n
years
ago. She h as since m ade h e r home
h ere in H erm ison w ith h e r son.
G w ynn.
Mrs. H ughes w as a m em ber of the
E piscopal ch u rch a ll h e r life, b u t
d u rin g h e r residence in H erm iston
she a tte n d e d th e M ethodist church
w here she had been a fa ith fu l w ork­
e r in all a c tiv itie s connected w ith
church life.
She w as also a m em ­
ber of th e R ebekah lodge.
Mrs. H ughes is survived by one
siste r who resides in W ales, and one
son, G w ynn H ughes, of H erm iston.
Two o th e r c h ild ren w ere born
to
Mr. and M rs- H ughes b u t both died in
infancy.
F u n e ra l services w ill be h eld In the
local M ethodist ch u rch .
T he tim e,
has n o t as yet, been decided upon.
Local Association Hires Men to Assist
With Loading and Shipping
of the Birds.
A ccording to w ord received a t the
A ssistant C ounty A g en t's
office
Mrs. G. G. B rin, m an ag e r of Idaho
T urkey G row ers Assn., th e J a n u ­
ary pool w ill be received an d shipped
from H erm iston on Ja n u a ry 14 an d
15 and from P ilo t Rock J a n u a ry 16.
The pool w ill be sold T h u rsd ay ,
Ja n u a ry 10, th e prices being w ired by
Mrs. B rin k to assista n t county a g e n t
Je n k in s as soon as possible. T he p rice
list w ill probably not be received u n ­
til too late for p u b licatio n in th e
H erald, b u t w ill be a v a ilab le a t Mr.
Je n k in s' office.
Local gow ers a re rem inded to ag ain
pay p a rtic u la r a tte n tio n to th e pro­
cess of p re p a rin g th e b ird s fo r sh ip ­
m ent. Care In h an d lin g them d u rin g
loading is very im p o rta n t to in su re
them from being bruised or skinned.
All b ird s should be well bled an d
should not be allow ed to freeze a t all.
As a re s u lt of action ta k e n by the
new ly organized E a ste rn O regon T u r­
key G row ers’ association, tw o men
w ill be h ired to w ork a t th e local
w arehouse d u rin g th e tim e th a t the
birds a re being received. T he men on
d u ty w ill h elp local grow ers In th e
checking, w eig h in g and g ra d in g of
th e birds and a ssistin g in an y o th er
w ay th a t th e y can. Local grow ers
w ill be glad to know th a t tw o days
w ill be devoted to th e w ork of pre­
p a rin g the b ird s for sh ip m en t an d
lo ad in g them from th e w arehouse.
E very e ffo rt w ill be m ade to elim i­
n ate th e fe a tu re s w hich ham pered
the h a n d lin g of th e b ird s in th e la st
shipm ent from H erm iston.
All local tu rk e y g ro w ers not as yet
associated w ith th e new o rg an izatio n
are urged to Join.. A fee of one dol­
lar is made payable by th e m em bers,
th e money received from th is source
being used by th e association fo r
such purposes as th e h irin g of men
to assist w ith the sh ip m e n ts and to
fu rn ish in fo rm atio n to th e grow ers.
PORTLAND-PENDLETON TRUCK
LINE MANAGER VISITS HERE
C. C. Lovell, P en d leto n m an ag e r for
the P o rtla n d -P e n d le to n tru c k lines,
was in H erm iston for tw o days d u r­
in g th e firs t of th e week looking
a fte r business In terests of th e com ­
pany and checking up a t th e local
term in al. T he H erm iston T ra n sfe r is
local ag e n t for th e com pany, w hich
lias had an office estab lish ed h ere tor
approxim ately the p ast tw o years.
A ccording to Mr. Lovell, th e com­
pany ig p la n n in g to m ake im prove­
m ents in th e te rm in a l h ere as soon
os it is convenient. an<|
,g th o u g h t
possible th a t more fre ig h t tru c k s w ill
be put on d u rin g th e ru sh season,
ATTEND INSTALLATION
th u s e n a b lin g b e tte r service betw een
LEGION OFFICERS AT CONDON H erm iston an d P o rtla n d .
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Biggs w ere in
Condon M onday evening, J a n u a ry 7,
w here th ey a tten d ed th e jo in t in s ta l­
latio n of o fficers fo r th e A m erican
L egion post and a u x ilia ry of th a t
city. Mr. B iggs, as d is tre t com m ltte-
m an of th e s ta te o rg a n iz a tio n , acted
as in s ta llin g officer. P reced in g the
in s ta lla tio n , a b anque) wa„ served a t
8 o'clock in the Condon hotel.
T his
wag follow ed by an in te re s tin g pro­
g ram an d dance.
APPOINTED ON COMMITTEE
A. D. S m ith, local farm er, w as re ­
cen tly apolnted as a m em ber of a
com m ittee to secure for P o rtla n d and
S eattle a govern m en t leased
w ire
m ark et new s service, e ith e r by an
extension from San F rancisco, w hich
now hag th e service, o r by w ire d ir­
ect th ro u g h Boise to th e tw o coast
cities.